is a
fictional character and the
protagonist of the
manga series
Death Note, created by
Tsugumi Ohba and
Takeshi Obata. He is a bored young genius who finds the Death Note dropped by the
Shinigami Ryuk by pure chance. Using the notebook, which allows its owner to kill anyone simply by knowing their name and face, Light becomes a mass-murderer known as in an attempt to create and rule a
utopia cleansed of criminals, with him at the helm as a "god".